What's On at UWA

Associate Professor Shelly K Weiss (Paediatric Neurologist - Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) and Associate Professor - University of Toronto) will present the John S Lekias Memorial Lecture in Clinical Neurosciences.

“Paediatric Sleep & Epilepsy” A research and clinical (...)

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Finally, in May 2013, DSM-5 by the American Psychiatric Association was published, after 15 years of planning and development. There were and are many controversies around the DSM-5, particularly regarding, neurodevelopmental disorders, and most prominently concerning autism (...)

Postgraduate Courses in Health Professions Education

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Relative to its size, the brain is the most oxygen-dependent organ in the body, but many pathophysiological and environmental processes may either cause or result in an interruption to its oxygen supply. Remarkable feats, however, have been achieved where the human brain has survived extremely low (...)

Come and try the great range of group classes available at the Exercise and Performance Centre for just $30. Classes include Pilates, Aqua and Circuit training. Valid for new members only, medical clearance may be required. Space in classes are limited and bookings are essential.

Prof Rama Bansil is visiting UWA and presenting a seminar titled 'How Helicobacter pylori moves in stomach mucus: Motility of H. pylori in mucin gels'. All are welcome to attend her morning seminar on Friday 30th January. Snacks and refreshments will be served from 9.45am.

The Exercise and Performance Centre is offering a weekly Sports Recovery Session. It's focus is to assist restoration, regeneration and adaptation to training loads and competition. This class is catered to all athletes with personalised sports specific exercises given to each attendee. This class (...)

The Dental Student Calender is commencing with the first big ticket item of the year. Prime and Bond! A great chance to meet new and old dental students and become part of the Dentistry Faculty family.

Prof Eric Bateman is visiting from the University of Cape Town. He is an Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Director of the UCT Lung Institute. A light lunch will be service after the seminar.

Department of Translational Research in New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery University of Pisa - Fondazione Stella Maris IRCCS

Maria Concetta Morrone graduated in Physics from the University of Pisa, trained in Biophysics at the elite Scuola Normale Superiore and she is now a (...)

The University of Western Australia's Careers Fair provides excellent opportunities for students to engage, network and meet prospective employers looking to recruit students for graduate programs, vacation work, internships and voluntary positions. From first year to final year, Undergraduate to (...)

After graduating from The University of Western Australia, Professor Anthony Levitt undertook his specialty training in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, which he completed in 1989. From 1992-2002 he was Head of the Mood Disorders Programs, initially at the Centre for Addictions and Mental (...)

Westpac Purple Hearts Ball - Conquering Women's Cancers All proceeds support medical research into the prevention, treatment & cure of women's cancers at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.

Live entertainment on the night - Singer - Samantha Jade, Band - Amanda Dee & (...)

Prof Seow's presentation will focus on recent findings on the structural and functional properties in smooth muscle and how these unique smooth muscle properties allow the muscle to function over a much larger length range compared with that in skeletal muscle, and also how dysregulation of these (...)

As the work of Schrag and Stark has demonstrated, the need for a specific ethics of research arose in response to the perception that the professional ethics of medical practice and practitioners might conflict or even be incompatible with the forms of biomedical research - including research (...)

The Gates Foundation and its Grand Challenges partners are now accepting applications for a number of programs, including its Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, which encourages innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions.

To learn more about the (...)

2015 UWA Gleddon Visiting Fellow Dr Kirill V. Larin, Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Texas, USA will talk about "Optical Coherence Tomography: imaging from molecules to whole (embryonic) body" and Dr Kirk W. Feindel, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (CMCA (...)

School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology

David started his career as a theoretical physicist, completing his PhD at Caltech under Nobel prize-winner Murray Gell-Mann. His interest in neurophysiology started there under the influence of Prof Jack Pettigrew. David's (...)

The Telethon Kids Institute Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases invite consumers and community members to have a say on a wide range of research into childhood infectious diseases including: - Ear Health - Vaccines - Antibiotic use - Infections in pregnancy. If you have an (...)

Professor Melissa Little heads the Kidney Research Laboratory at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne and is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia. An alumnus of The University of (...)